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Constantia.
Constantia. Nor yet he ended - When, with troubled mien ... He could no more; but on her neck he fell. [ten lines of verse.]
Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
London, Publish'd Novr. 30. 1799, by Thos. Macklin Poets Gallery Fleet Street.
Stipple and etching, fine proof before letters, sheet 420 x 505mm. 16½ x 19¾". Trimmed to plate.
Illustration of 'Constantia, or the Man of Law's Tale', contributed by Henry Brooke (1703? - 1783) to Chaucer Modernised, published by George Ogle, London 1741. Interior of a Roman palace, with corinthian pillars and an eagle in the background to left; Constantia revealing her identity to her father, kneeling at the foot of his throne. He leans forward with outstretched arms, wearing uniform and a laurel wreath, to the joy of the attendant courtiers. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810). For a proof impression see item 18230.
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18277]   £380.00  
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[Constantia kneeling before a king.]
[Constantia kneeling before a king.]
[Francesco Bartolozzi after John Francis Rigaud.]
[London: T. Macklin, 1799.]
Stipple and etching, proof before letters, sheet 420 x 505mm (16½ x 19¾"). Faint trace of waterstain; two closed tears from upper edge.
Illustration of 'Constantia, or the Man of Law's Tale', contributed by Henry Brooke (1703? - 1783) to Chaucer Modernised, published by George Ogle, London 1741. Interior of a Roman palace, with corinthian pillars and an eagle in the background to left; Constantia revealing her identity to her father, kneeling at the foot of his throne. He leans forward with outstretched arms, wearing uniform and a laurel wreath, to the joy of the attendant courtiers. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18230]   £330.00  
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[Edward III] Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd: after the battle of Poictiers.  Humes Qto. Vol: II. Page 461.
[Edward III] Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd: after the battle of Poictiers. Humes Qto. Vol: II. Page 461.
J.F. Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
London, Published 14 Feby. 1788, by Wm. Palmer Printseller to her Majesty, No. 163 Strand.
Stipple and etching in stipple frame, printed in brown ink, published state, 340 x 405mm. 13½ x 16". A good impression.
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales ('The Black Prince', 1330 - 1376), kneeling in armour, presents his Prisoner of War John II of France (1319 - 1364), to his father, King Edward III of England, following the Battle of Poitiers, 19th September 1356, during the Hundred Years' War. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
From the Norman Blackburn Collection. Collection N. Rapp.
[Ref: 18272]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd.]
[Edward Prince of Wales presenting the Captive King John of France & his Son to his Father Edward the 3rd.]
J.F. Rigaud R.A. pinxt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculpt.
London, Published Feby. 14 1788 by W. Palmer No. 103 Strand.
Stipple and etching, scratched-letter proof before title printed in brown ink, 340 x 405mm. 13½ x 16". One vertical crease and some light spotting. Good margins.
The Battle of Poitiers was fought between England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, central France, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years' War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. Here Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales ('The Black Prince', 1330 - 1376), kneeling in armour, presents his Prisoner of War John II of France (1319 - 1364), to his father, King Edward III of England, enthroned at centre. After John Francis Rigaud (1742 - 1810).
De Vesme 520, IV of V.
[Ref: 25922]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Providence. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald. Boydell.
Providence. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald. Boydell. To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, This Print is most humbly dedicated by their most Dutiful and Loyal Subject, Jn.o Boydell.
Painted by J.F. Rigaud. Engraved by B. Smith.
Pub. Sept. 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple with very large margins. 595 x 440mm (23½ x 17¼"). Margins worn, some repairs.
Female personification of Providence, sitting on clouds above the world,. with eye of foresight on her chest and keys in hand, putti with a cornucopia in the foreground, two others above at either side, one beside a sun at left and the other a moon. From a series of four moral allegories, with Happiness, Wisdom & Innocence.
[Ref: 31136]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sampson Breaking his Bands.]
[Sampson Breaking his Bands.]
Painted by F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi R.A.
[London Published as the Act directs Jan.y 1.st 1799 by F. Rigaud R.A.]
Engraving, proof before title. Sheet: 255 x 405mm (10 x 16") Trimmed within plate.
A biblical scene showing the Old Testament figure of Samson lying on a bed straining at his bonds while Delilah enters the tent in which he lies.
De Vesme 69.
[Ref: 46915]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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[Vortigern and Rowena or the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.]
[Vortigern and Rowena or the Settlement of the Saxons in Britain.]
J.F. Rigaud R.A. Pinx.t F. Bartolozzi R.A. Sculp.t
London Publish'd Feb.y 14. 1788 by W. Palmer, No.163 Strand.
Stipple printed in red, proof before title. Plate 336 x 406mm. 13¼ x 16".
Vortigern was the Saxon King of Britain in 5 AD. He forged an alliance with brothers, Hengist and Horsa, who were given lands in Lincolshire in return for help in suppressing the Picts. The alliance was further enforced when King Vortigern fell in love with Renwein (or Rowena), the beautiful daughter of Hengist who agreed to their marriage in exchange for the whole of Kent. The scene captured here is clearly the banquet scene depicting the meeting of Vortigern and Rowena. The helmeted brooding figure of Hengist is seen seated on the left. Sometime later, in an attempt to bring all of Britain under Saxon control Vortigern arranged a meeting with Hengist, then King of the Jutes. However, Hengist armed his men who then massacred some 500 Saxon noblemen in an attack which became known as ‘the night of the long knives'
[Ref: 24990]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Wisdom, from the original picture presented to the city by Alderman Boydell].
[Wisdom, from the original picture presented to the city by Alderman Boydell].
[Painted by J. F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by I. P. Simon].
[Pub. Sept. 29. 1799, by J. & J. Boydell, No.90, Cheapside, and at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London]
Rare proof stipple engraving, unfinished before text added to open book. Published state carries a dedication: To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, by Jos. Boydell. Trimmed to plate mark.
Seated Minerva, in glory, with boy at her feet holding an open book, surrounded by a globe with dove, owl, a lamb sitting on a book with seals at right and a cockerel; in the upper part, putto with mirror at left, and two others holding up an uroboros at right. Part of a series Wisdom, Happiness, Providence, Innocence. See ref: 8615. In 1794 Rigaud won what was probably his most important commission, the decoration of the four pendentives of the Common Council Chamber in the Guildhall, London, depicting Providence, Innocence, Wisdom and Happiness; of these only the preparatory oil sketches survive (London, Guildhall A.G.).
[Ref: 15173]   £380.00  
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Wisdom. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald.n Boydell.
Wisdom. From the Original Picture presented to the City by Ald.n Boydell. To Their Most Excellent Majesties King George III & Queen Charlotte, This Print is most humbly dedicated by their most Dutiful and Loyal Subject, Jn.o Boydell.
Painted by J.F. Rigaud R.A. Engraved by J.P. Simon.
Pub. Sept. 29 1799 by J. & J. Boydell, No 90, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London.
Stipple with very large magins. 595 x 440mm (23½ x 17¼"). Surface abrasion, some repairs.
Minerva with helmet and shield, an owl to the left and lamb and cockerel to the right, a boy at her feet holding an open book. Top left a putto holds up a mirror, with two others holding up an uroboros (the ancient ring symbol of a snake eating its own tail) to the right. From a series of four moral allegories, with Happiness, Providence & Innocence.
[Ref: 31137]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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